Packing case or box for beehives



Jan. 3, 1933. J. A. MEIER PACKING CASE OR BOX FOR BEEHIVES Filed March 6, 1931 2 Sheets-$heet wvENToR W JkmAJ/z'er 4..

ATTORNEY I Jan. 3, 1933. J ME|ER 1,893,431

PACKING CASE OR BOX FOR BEEHIVES Filed March 6, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 3, 1933 umrso 1 JOHN A. warns, on HAMILTON, onio mount cAsn on Box'ron isnnnrvns Application filed March 6, 1931; Serial No. 520,644.

The invention relates to a protective casing for bee-hives, and more especially to the class of packing boxes or cases for bee-hives.

The primary object of the inventlon is the provision of a case or box of this character,

wherein a bee-hive can be protected from inclement weather and during the winter months, the case or box being of novel form as the same is made from heavy fiber board 19 suitably water-proofed and the parts constltuting such case or box are collapsible to render the same compact when not in use.

Another object of theinvention is the provision of a box or case of this character which is extremly simple in construction, thoroughdurable, readily and easily applied to and removed from a bee-hive and inexpenslve to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings which disclose the preferred em bodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended. I

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional tive case or box applied thereto and constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the body portion of the box or case.

section of the box or case.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the bot-' 4 tom section of the box or case.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the top or cover section of the box or case.

Figure 7 is a vertical transverse sectional view through a modified form or arrangement of the box or case. 7

Figure 8 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Figure 9 is a vertical transverse sectional view of a still further modified form or arrangement of the box or case.

Figure 3 is a p p View f he m mg 21 in the front of the bottom section-B,

are provided with diagonal crease lines '30 Referring to the drawings detail, the box or case comprises a mam body section A,

I a bottom section B and a top section C re spectively, and these when inter-fitted are adaptedto enclose a bee-hive D which may- *be of any standard construction. i

The body A is made from fiber sheets and includes side walls 10 and'end walls l1, these being formed from a single piece of material,

the meeting ends 12 being overlapped and I joined in any suitable manner, preferably by rive'ts' 13. Thebody' A is foldable at the corners .14 so that it can be brought to collapsed, folded fia-t:condition;; The body is preferably water-proofe'd in any desirable ly reliable and efiicient in its purpose, strong,

mannerjancl in this instance, is of"rectangular shape to surround the bee-hive; i;

V The bottom section'B is madefrom fiber sheets and includes a bottom proper 15, side ,7

and 'end flanges 16 and 17 the end flanges 7 being formed with triangularjshaped tongues 18 disposed at right angles to said end fl'anges and against the inner faces of the side flanges 16, where they are riveted at l8'therev to. The sideflanges 16 are formed with'diagonal creaselines 19 following the-angular edge of the tongues 18 and such bottom sectionB can be collapsed or folded along these lines to become'fiat when not in use.

30 view through a beehive, showing the protec- I Thebottom section B receives the lower L portion of the bee-hive D which has afre able flaps 22, 23 and 24 cut and bendable from the front end fiange17 ofsaid bottom" B.

The top section or'cover' section comprises atop area proper 25,.sid'eand ends =26, and 590 27 respectively, these joinedby the tongues 28 riveted at '29 to the saidsides- 26, the tongues28 being folded at right angles to the ends and carried thereby. The. sides 26 05 sothat the top section C can be collapsed or folded flat along the crease lines. The top section C is adapted totelescope over the upper end of the body 10 which fits within I the bottom'section 'B to'com'pletely enclose the bee-hive D, as is evident in Figure 1 of the drawings.

The space between the walls 10 and 11 of the body A and the walls of the bee-hive, as well as about the bottom and top of the latter has introduced therein a chafi or filling material 31 which protects the bee-hive D from cold, while the bottom cover and body section is protected from inclement weather. One of theend walls 11 of the body section A is cut away at 32 to form a clearance for the slidebottom or tray 20 of the bee-hive.

In Figures 7 and 8, there is shown a slight modification of the invention, wherein removably fitted about the bee-hive is a body sec- .tion 33, the latter adapted to rest upon cleats 34 mounted on the bee-hive at the sides and one end. thereofcontiguous to the bottom of an end cleat and side cleats at the bottom thereof, of a body section embracing said beehive and resting upon the cleats, and a cover section telescoped on to the body section.

3. The combination with a bee-hive having an end cleat and side cleats at the bottom thereof, of abody section embracing said beehive and resting upon the cleats, a cover section telescoped on to the body section, and means on the cleat to hold the body section against displacement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' JOHN A. MEIER.

said bee-hive and telescoped over this body 33 v is a cover or top section 35, the body and the latter section being made from sheet fibrous material suitably water-proofed. Interposed between the bee-hive and the body 33 and top or cover section 35 are sheets of material 36. These sheets 36 exclude cold from -within the bee-hive when enclosed as hereinbefore described. r 1

In Figure 9 there is shown a still further modification, wherein the body 37 made from I sheet fibrous material water-proofed in any desirable manner, encircles the body of the bee-hive and rests upon the cleats 38 at the bottom thereof, while overlying the top of the bee-hive is a cover section 40, having the depending marginal flange 41. Within the body 37 and adapted to overlie the sides, ends and top of the bee-hive are duel sheets 42 and v 43, and protect the bee-hive from chill or cold, as should be obvious. Metal may be used in the cover per se.. A bevelled flange 39 and spacing cleats 39 being .of Vwood. When elements 37 42, 43 arenot inuse, the cleats permit the cover to fit .the hive itself. The cleats 38 at opposite sides of the bee-hive carry turnbuttons 44 which serve to hold'the body 37 against displacement on the cleats and properly positioned about the bee-hive.

It will be apparent that the bee-hive, when confined by the box or case, will be protected against inclement weather and during winter months from chill and cold.

What is claimed is 1. Abox or case of the character described,

comprising a body section to be disposed continuously about a bee-hive: and made from fibrous material, a bottom section fitted about the bottom of the bee-hive and telescopically receiving the body section, a coversection having a marginal flange telescoped over the upper end of the body section, and flaps cut and bent from one end of the bottom section to permit a bottom slide of the bee-hive to be extracted therethrough. V

2. The combination with a bee-hive having 

